Why are sheep important to sustainable agriculture?
The humble sheep, when used in the proper manner, is truly a gift to mankind. Sheep grazing can be used to recycle the nutrients and minerals more effectively. Sheep manure is the highest quality of all domestic livestock, building the soil and the organic matter where ever they graze. Sheep can be used as low cost, non chemical method for controlling noxious weeds. Sheep do not like to get their feet wet and therefore have the least impact on riparian areas of all domestic livestock. Sheep posses exceptional abilities to transform a wide variety of feed stuffs, produced in many ecosystems, into high quality produces for human use.
